11-04-2016, 04:59 PM
(11-04-2016, 04:51 PM)timc Wrote: I mean that if I want to turn left, I will move to the left turn lane before I get to the intersection. I find that easier than trying to use a bike box, likely because drivers don't understand how to drive around bike boxes.
I find it very much depends on the intersection and conditions, on some roads, if its a quite day with little traffic, moving into the left turn lane is easy, on other roads, say, Fischer-Hallman near rush hour, I'm not so comfortable moving across 2 lanes of 90km/h traffic. Other roads like University, there may be an enormous queue of through traffic blocking me access from the left turn lane. So it very much depends on the conditions. I actually find them most useful when the bike lane ends. I *hate* roads where the bike lane disappears through an intersection (I'm looking at you Glasgow).
I actually use the 'Bike box' style of left turn sometimes even when there is no bike box if the conditions are as above, I'll cut in front of cars in the left turn lane. The biggest problem, with both that, and the bike boxes, is cars turning left or right from the other road may think you are crossing the entire intersection. Much like most new traffic devices, it will take some getting used too. But this one, maybe we can just skip.